I love it when there is a clear "no one meant to be rude or hostile but It Still Happened"-risk in a story, because that's very true to real life culture shocks!
With us humans having so many different silent rules for what counts as proper behavior around strangers or toward guests, it only makes sense there'd be even more risk of misunderstandings between mortals and immortals. Like you said, humans tend to offer food that's at least edible to other humans, while a snake spirit's idea of what food is likely is something completely different to what is even safe to eat for humans (not to mention that most humans would likely balk at eating live, uncooked rats regardless of the health risk).
I hope you have a lot of fun thinking up ways for the guests to both mess up and fix their accidental rudeness!
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Date: 2024-05-20 06:48 pm (UTC)With us humans having so many different silent rules for what counts as proper behavior around strangers or toward guests, it only makes sense there'd be even more risk of misunderstandings between mortals and immortals. Like you said, humans tend to offer food that's at least edible to other humans, while a snake spirit's idea of what food is likely is something completely different to what is even safe to eat for humans (not to mention that most humans would likely balk at eating live, uncooked rats regardless of the health risk).
I hope you have a lot of fun thinking up ways for the guests to both mess up and fix their accidental rudeness!